Our Work
Recent stucco repair projects.
From hairline shrinkage cracks to hurricane-blown stucco panels — we repair, color-match, texture-match, and seal. CBS and wood-frame construction both handled, on tract homes and custom estates.
Bad stucco repair shows. A patch in the wrong texture, the wrong color, or the wrong technique is visible from across the street. We match the original stucco's sand size, troweling pattern, and color before paint. After cure, we prime the patched area so paint absorbs uniformly with the surrounding panel.
Fort Myers has the broadest substrate mix in SWFL — historic stucco-on-frame from the 1920s, mid-century CBS, and modern EIFS in Gateway / Daniels Parkway corridor. Repair approach varies by substrate, and we diagnose first instead of patching everything the same way.
Our Fort Myers crew works across the full city — from Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Downtown River District, Centennial Park, JetBlue Park (Red Sox spring training), Bell Tower Shops, McGregor Boulevard — and we're familiar with how stucco repair scope changes between Downtown River District and McGregor Boulevard.
Fort Myers disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022 — significant), Hurricane Irma (2017), historic 1926 Miami hurricane. Hurricane crack repair has to address underlying movement, not just patch the visible crack.
Walk McGregor Boulevard between the Edison & Ford Winter Estates and the Cape Coral Bridge and you can read 70 years of stucco failure from the sidewalk. Original three-coat lime-rich stucco on heart-pine lath in pre-1970 estates fails differently than modern Portland-rich three-coat on CBS in Gateway or Pelican Preserve, which fails differently than EIFS over foam on a handful of late-1990s and 2000s Fort Myers builds. The repair is only as good as the diagnosis — the right patch over the wrong failure mode cracks again inside 18 to 24 months.
Original three-coat stucco on McGregor and Edison Park estates was lime-rich, applied over wood lath or expanded metal on heart-pine framing, and is softer and more permeable than anything mixed today. Modern high-Portland patching compound applied directly over that substrate is harder than the surrounding wall, so it telegraphs every thermal cycle and pops out at the bond line. We mix a lime-modified patching blend matched to the original's water-absorption rate, dust-match the texture with the same float, sponge, or trowel pattern the original applicator used, and tie any repair into a control-joint or natural break rather than feathering into the open field. That is how a McGregor patch disappears into the wall and stays disappeared.
Hairline cracks under 1/16-inch wide that do not telegraph through interior drywall on a 1990s-2010s Gateway, Pelican Preserve, or Cypress Lake home are usually thermal — CBS stucco expanding through Fort Myers' 40-degree daily swing. We chase those out with an angle grinder, fill with polymer-modified acrylic patching compound, then texture-match before paint. Cracks wider than 1/16-inch running through corners or visible on both faces of a wall are structural — settlement, frame deflection, or post-Ian shift. Those need an engineering review before any patch goes on; burying a structural crack under fresh stucco is how a small problem becomes a wall replacement six years later.
A subset of late-1990s and 2000s Fort Myers homes — some Gateway and Pelican Preserve product, some Cypress Lake renovations — used EIFS, synthetic stucco over foam sheathing rather than three-coat cement over block. EIFS fails differently: water gets behind the foam through compromised window flashing, soaks the wood sheathing, and rots framing without showing on the visible face. We probe-test moisture behind the EIFS skin at multiple elevations before quoting any repair, and we almost always find the scope is bigger than the homeowner expected. EIFS repair is a wall-system repair, not a patch — flashing, drainage plane, foam, mesh, base coat, and finish coat all rebuilt as one assembly.
Color-matched finish is the last 10% of the job and the part most stucco repairs get wrong, especially on a McGregor estate with sun-faded sample chips. We sample existing texture and color in three locations per elevation, mix a custom tint into the finish coat, and dust-match the texture with the original tooling pattern. Done right, a Fort Myers stucco patch holds through the next paint cycle and reads clean to the next buyer's inspector pulling the report.
Visual + moisture inspection. Hairline shrinkage vs. structural crack vs. spalling — each has a different repair.
Caulk-stop and mesh for structural cracks. Sealant for hairlines. Color and texture matched to existing stucco.
Primer applied to patched areas for uniform paint absorption. Substrate sealed against future water intrusion.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers stucco repair crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers stucco repair crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers stucco repair crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers stucco repair crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Fort Myers stucco repair crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our Fort Myers stucco repair crew dispatches across the full city — from Downtown River District, McGregor Boulevard, Iona, San Carlos Park, Gateway, Whiskey Creek, Cypress Lake, College Parkway, Pelican Preserve, Edison Park, covering ZIP codes 33901, 33907, 33912, 33913, 33916, 33919, 33966, 33967. Stucco failure modes vary across Fort Myers's construction eras — we diagnose before patching.
Fort Myers insurance carriers we work with: Citizens, full carrier mix; large insurance broker network in downtown. We bill direct on most claims and document to adjuster standards from the first call.
Same crew, same standards — we cover the surrounding cities too:
Original stucco on 1950s McGregor Blvd estates is typically a lime-rich, three-coat system applied over wood lath or early metal lath, intentionally softer and more breathable than modern Portland-cement stucco. Patching it with a hard, high-strength modern mix is the most common failure we see on these homes, because the rigid patch cracks at the perimeter as the softer original substrate moves. We use a Type N or lime-modified mix matched to the substrate hardness, and we feather the patch wider than the visible damage so the texture transition disappears.
Integral color matching on stucco is achievable but rarely perfect, because pigment, sand source, mix water, and cure conditions all shift the final shade. On a Fort Myers home where the wall is already painted, we patch with an unpigmented mix matched in texture, cure it to manufacturer specs, then paint the patch and feather a topcoat onto the adjacent panel break or natural stop. On unpainted historic stucco along McGregor Blvd, we mock up several pigment ratios on test boards in direct sunlight before committing to the wall, because indoor color reads very differently.
EIFS, exterior insulation and finish system, is a synthetic stucco over rigid foam, installed on some Fort Myers homes built in the 1990s and 2000s, particularly inland off SR-82. It is not true stucco and behaves very differently in moisture intrusion. We probe-test with a pin moisture meter at fenestration penetrations and a small core sample in an inconspicuous area. EIFS repair requires a manufacturer-certified applicator system, not a stucco patch, because mixing the two systems voids warranty coverage and concentrates moisture at the transition.
Recurring hairline cracks on a Fort Myers stucco wall almost always trace to one of three causes: building movement at framing transitions, missing control joints on long uninterrupted wall planes, or a brittle topcoat over a flexible substrate. Simply caulking and painting the crack treats the symptom. We diagnose the cause, often a missing expansion joint near a corner or above a window header, install a properly detailed joint, then patch and repaint to a Loxon XP or similar high-build elastomeric so the surface coating can bridge minor future movement without telegraphing.
Wind-driven rain during a Fort Myers event like Ian or Irma drives water laterally into hairline cracks, around window flanges, and under poorly sealed roof-to-wall flashings. Stucco itself is moderately water-resistant but is not a primary water barrier, and the building paper or housewrap beneath it is what actually keeps the wall dry. After a major storm we probe-test stucco walls for elevated moisture even where no visible damage exists, because trapped moisture behind intact stucco is the most common cause of delayed interior mold claims we see in the 60 to 120 days after a hurricane.
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